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Letters PatentNo. 717,593, dated May 5, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL' F. CovINeroN, of Cincinnati, in tbe county ofHamilton, vand State ofOhip, have invented a new and usefulImprovenientin Devicesfor Registering Railroad-Fares; and I do hereby.v

deelarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had-to the annexed drawings, making part of thisspecication, in which- Y l Figure I is a perspective view of the arm ofa car-seativith the register attached. Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe register. I Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section. Figure 4 isa key; and Figure 5 is a perspective view oi' one oi' ythe boxes. Thesame letters employed in all the figures indicate the samevparts.

A.' is the arm of the car-seat. In the top of the arm is a recess `ortwo recesses, where there is no arm in, `the middle ofthe sont. l' Ihave shown the ordinary construction, with a single arm at the aislesendof the seat.

The location oi' the recess may be varied according to circumstances.Bis a metallic box, with a glass top-plate set a little above the sidesof the box, leaving a narrow opening, through which the check-plates maybe introduced. There are pins, B B', projecting from the ends of, thebox 'to holdftlre boxes in the recess, where they' are secured by ahinged lock-plate, C, (the keyof which is carried by the conductor,) theplate shutting down on the pins on one e'nd of the boxes. Within the bexis a. false'bottom, pressed upwards by the spring E. 'F is the glasstop-plate, and Gr a pin, which, projectingfrom the false bdttom, ispressed against -the bottom of the glass plate by-the spring. The pointof the pin-may be bevelledfon the side towards the opening under thevglass plate. l The boit being separated,by a longitudinal partition,intol two similar compartments, the parts D,

E, and G are lintroduced into each compartment. The checks', H, are thinmetallic plates, having the names of the stations on the road engravedthereon. A sutlcieit number yof these must be furnished the conductor.The top of the false bottom-has engraved on it the word vacant. Thebottom of the'bx ishingcd thereto, and is secured by a lock, I, ofivhichthe key, K, is kept at the oiiice at the end of the route. Y i

When tho car isstarting on its trip, all the boxeswill show the word fvacant. When a passenger pays his fare or delivers a ticket. to theconductorgthc latter will insert the checks, H, through the opening nderthe glass plate. The checks, having a hole through them, will bocaughtbythe4 pin Gr, so that it cannot be withdrawn. Two checks must be usedin each ease-one to indieatethe placefrom which, the other the place towhich the passenger has paid his fare. The checks willvthus alwaysindicate what seats are vacant, either in 'not having been occupied atall, or showing the names of stations that have been passed. Thepassenger will be protected by notice that a seat, thou'gh temporarilyvacant, Abelongs to 'some one, and he 4may claim it on his return to it.

' When the car reaches the' end of tho route, some one connected'withthe office unlocks the boxes and .makesup an account of fares', withwhich that returned by the conductor must correspond. Theeondnctor I 4asset forth.

may change the boxes when a passenger desires to change his seat. Thisis done by unlocking the upper lock-plate. i

l What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- I 1. In combination with the'seat of a railroad-car, n lbox, soconstructed that it may receive check-plates, showing the names ofthestati'on'to and from which the passenger has paid his fare, and sovarranged that the plates can only be withdrawn by unlocking the box,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the` box B, false bottom D, glass plate F, p insG, and-check-plates H, substantially 3. In coinbination'with tl1e.arni`Aand box B, the lock-plate C, arrangedV to operate substantially as aridfor the purpose set forth. l l

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this speciication inthepresence oftv' subscribing witnesses.

' sAML F. ooVINGToN.

Witnesses l 1 GEO. W. TAH,

HENRY H. Hoss.

